Girls' name · since 1952
Shryl
Since 1952, U.S. Social Security records show 54 babies named Shryl, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
54 girls have been named Shryl since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shryl has 54 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1965.
- #34,197 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1952
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shryl ranks #34,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1952, peaking in the 1950s.
- #34,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Shryl's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shryl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shryl's full recorded timeline at 1959, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shryl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1965
- Peak year (1959)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Shryl by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (31 births, 57% of the file).
1950s was Shryl's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Shryl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
- 1960s
1960s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 31 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Shryl's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 1960s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shryl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1952–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shryl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.